1994 - This Year in WSOP History

January 22

Telly Savalas d. 1994 [age 72] (b. 1/21/1922)
Last Celebrity Standing in 1992 WSOP Main Event (21st for $8,080). 1985 $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 3rd ($14,900), 1987 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 5th ($11,650).
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April 19

$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, began 4/19)

Winner: Steven Sim ($289,200)

Entries: 506 (18 paid)

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April 21

Johnny Chan Wins $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 226, including Mansour Matloubi heads up, for $135,600 to become the first player with over two million dollars in WSOP winnings ($2,031,319).

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #2, began 4/20)

Winner: Johnny Chan ($135,600)

Entries: 226 (16 paid)

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$1,500 Limit Omaha (Event #3, began 4/21)

Winner: Brent Carter ($83,400)

Entries: 139 (18 paid)

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April 22

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split (Event #4, began 4/22)

Winner: Vince Burgio ($127,200)

Entries: 212 (16 paid)

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April 23

Mike Harthcock Wins $1,500 Razz for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 148 for $88,800.

$1,500 Seven-Card Razz (Event #5, began 4/23)

Winner: Mike Harthcock ($88,800)

Entries: 148 (16 paid)

Hart a.k.a. Mike Harthcockhcock.

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April 24

T.J. Cloutier Wins $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 225 for $135,000.

$1,500 Limit Omaha 8 or Better (Event #6, began 4/24)

Winner: T.J. Cloutier ($135,000)

Entries: 225 (18 paid)

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April 25

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, began 4/25)

Winner: George Rodis ($187,800)

Entries: 328 (18 paid)

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April 26

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #8, began 4/26)

Winner: O'Neil Longson ($100,800)

Entries: 168 (18 paid)

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April 27

Jay Heimowitz Wins $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 247 for $148,200.

$1,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #9, began 4/27)

Winner: Jay Heimowitz ($148,200)

Entries: 247 (18 paid)

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April 28

J.C. Pearson Wins $2,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, Joins Brother Puggy as Only Siblings With Bracelets
Defeats field of 103 for $103,000.

$2,500 Limit Omaha 8 or Better (Event #10, began 4/28)

Winner: J.C. Pearson ($103,000)

Entries: 103 (9 paid)

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April 29

$5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw (Event #11, began 4/29)

Winner: Lyle Berman ($128,250)

Entries: 29$ (28 rebuys) (5 paid)

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April 30

$1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw with Joker (Event #12, began 4/30)

Winner: J.J. Chun ($93,000)

Entries: 155 (16 paid)

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May 1

$2,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, began 5/1)

Winner: Mike Laing ($212,000)

Entries: 212 (18 paid)

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May 2

$2,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #14, began 5/2)

Winner: Rodney Pardey ($132,000)

Entries: 132 (16 paid)

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May 3

Huck Seed Wins $2,5000 Pot-Limit Omaha for First Bracelet
Defeats field of 78 (89 rebuys) for $167,000.

$2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #15, began 5/3)

Winner: Huck Seed ($167,000)

Entries: 78$ (89 rebuys) (9 paid)

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May 4

T.J. Cloutier Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet, Second of Year
Defeats field of 163 for $163,000.

$2,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #16, began 5/4)

Winner: T.J. Cloutier ($163,000)

Entries: 163 (18 paid)

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May 6

$5,000 Seven-Card Stud (Event #17, began 5/5)

Winner: Roger Moore ($144,000)

Entries: 72 (8 paid)

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May 7

$2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #18, began 5/6)

Winner: John Heaney ($220,000)

Entries: 220 (18 paid)

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May 8

Erik Seidel Wins $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 105 for $210,000.

$5,000 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #19, began 5/7)

Winner: Erik Seidel ($210,000)

Entries: 105 (9 paid)

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May 9

Barbara Enright Becomes First Woman With Two Bracelets
Defeats field of 96 for her second Ladies Championship and $38,400 eight years after her first. Runner-up Natalie Ryke was bought in ($1,000) as a Mother's Day gift from her daughter Linda and turns it into $22,080.

Jack Keller Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
Keller won the 1984 WSOP Main Event winner and reached two other Main Event final tables. He earned two other bracelets and is one of only two players to win both the WSOP and Super Bowl of Poker Main Events (with Stu Ungar).

$1,000 Women's Seven-Card Stud (Event #20, began 5/8)

Winner: Barbara Enright ($38,400)

Entries: 96 (8 paid)

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May 12

Mansour Matloubi Last Champ Standing in Main Event for Second Straight Year
Exits in 16th place for $20,160.

Barbara Samuelson Finishes Tenth as Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
Wins $26,880 after being the chip leader with three tables left.

Robert Turner Cashes in Record Fourth Straight Main Event
Finishes 6th for $50,400, following runs to 10th in 1991 ($11,500), 36th in 1992 ($7,070), and 13th in 1993 ($16,800).

May 13

Russ Hamilton Wins 1994 WSOP Main Event
Defeats field of 268, including Hugh Vincent heads up, for $1,000,000 and his weight in silver (330 pounds worth $28,512) to celebrate the 25th WSOP.

$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #21, began 5/9)

Winner: Russ Hamilton ($1,000,000)

Entries: 268 (27 paid)

Hamilton also won his weight in silver ($28,512) to celebrate the 25th WSOP.

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July 1

Adrian Mateos [], b. Madrid, Spain as Adrian Mateos Diaz
Youngest player to win three bracelets (22 years, 11 months, and 8 days old) and the second youngest to win four (behind only Phil Ivey) when he took down the 2021 $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em.
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